Mafa
Mafa | |
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LGAand town | |
  Mafa | |
| Coordinates:11°55′33″N13°36′20″E/ 11.92583°N 13.60556°E | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Borno State |
| Time zone | UTC+1(WAT) |
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Mafais alocal government areaofBorno State,Nigeria.It has its headquarters in the town of Mafa.
Landscape
[edit]It has a total landscape area of 2,869 km2
Population
[edit]It has a total population of 103,518 at the 2006 census.
District and Villages
[edit]Districts & villages under Mafa LGA.
Abbari
Anadua
Gawa
Koshebe
Laje
Limanti
Loskuri
Ma’afa
Mafa
Masu
Mujigine
Tamsu Ngamdua
Anadua
Kajari
Loslari
Mafa-Nguranna
Mafa Abbari
Mbuta
Mijigine
Siguabuya
Umarari
Zannari
Climate
[edit]The weather throughouthe year fluctuates greatly, with the dry season being oppressively hot and humid and the wet season being hot and partially cloudy.[1][2]
Postal code
[edit]Thepostal codeof the area is 611.[3]
History
[edit]It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute theBorno Emirate,atraditional statelocated in Borno State, Nigeria.[4]
Insurgency cases
[edit]On 2 February 2015, theNigerian Armysaid it had recaptured Mafa fromBoko Haram,along with the nearby towns ofGamboru,Abadam,Mallam Fatori, andMarte,following joint military operations by Nigerian and Cameroonian forces, civilian forces, and three days ofChadianairstrikes.[5]
References
[edit]- ^"Mafa Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark".weatherspark.com.Retrieved2023-09-13.
- ^Atlas, Weather."Yearly & Monthly weather - Mafa, Nigeria".Weather Atlas.Retrieved2023-09-13.
- ^"Post Offices- with map of LGA".NIPOST. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-11-26.Retrieved2009-10-20.
- ^Nigeria (2000).Nigeria: a people united, a future assured.Vol. 2, State Surveys (Millennium ed.). Abuja, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Information. p. 106.ISBN9780104089.
- ^"Nigeria claims Gamboru, four towns recaptured from Boko Haram".AFP - Yahoo News.2015-02-02.Retrieved2015-02-03.
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